Philadelphia Manual Training School - US Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SPECIAL OCCASIONS. MAY EXHIBITION. HEN in the course of human events it becomes necessary to write up the recollections of special occasions, it is hard to decide which special occasion to consider Hrst, for in our school life there were so many things happened that they all seem special. But, to proceed, we will take for our consideration the School Exhibition at Horticultural Hall in the Spring of 1888. . We took part in that affair as Intermediates, and being but partially initiated in higher school life, some of us were very anxious to' participate in the work, real hard work, such as draw- ing, while some chose the easier work of blacksrnithing and carpentering. But some of the boys being partially initiated to such life, chose the tedious task of looking after the Normal School girls. Oh, my eye! but that was work, ,for the girls would wander all around the building, and what could the poor boys do but follow them. The girls would always stop at the cooking class and insist upon the boys eating some of the work produced by their school. We heard a cruel remark made by a couple of students, who were reposing in the gallery, it was this: Somehow or other, that cooking of the girls always reminds me ofthe belts we lace in the shops, for the material is so tough we can hardly stick our knives through it. 'There were quite a number of absentees the following week, and several have asked the reason. It may have been illness, but we do not like to give a positive statement. Well, welll Go on- fQuotation from Prof T-ho-pej. Well, the show did go on for a week, so did the boys, so did the girls-likewise the fun. At the close of the show there were some very peculiar results. Fred K- grew thin, having . 4,

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from a Friends, Unitarian, Universalist, Moravian and Roman Catholic. . The Class is Republican by 47 strong. The others are : Demo- crats I2, Prohibitionists, Free Traders and Independents, 3 each. As a Class we are great on hobbies. They are as follows : electri- city and girls, I5 each, athletics and boating, 7 each, music and literature, 6 each 5 drawing, 5 g Ornithology, fishing and the raising hirsute appendages, 46E1Cl1, monkeying, 3 5 poets, prestidigitation, bicycling, engineering, canoeing, temperance, horses and politics, 2 each, mineralogy, geology, entomology, history, bumming, gunnery, printing, wood-work, dogs, amateur journalism, camp- ing and money, I each. If looking for the Class the following description will apply: 55 blondes, II brunettes and 2 strawberry blondes, 25 pairs of gray eyes, 24 brown, 8 blue and one black, also look for II pairs of glasses, 6 pompadours and I3 sets of whiskers, of which about 8 are casting their shadows, while the remainder are quite commanding. As a Class we admire thefair sex very much, as 41 will testify g 9 of us indulge in the weed, and the same number are not averse to stronger, and more fermented indulgences. At our noon gathering in Mrs. Everett's parlor, 36 indulge in pie and 24 pre- fer glass of milk and 2 buns. We have 2 chronic kickers, and .3 ot-hers who aspire to that honor, but have only reached the growling stage. Eighteen are in the habit of calling on the President of the school for in- terviews ofa private nature,while I5 frequently obtain little slips of paper, with a few cabalistic signs on them, which excuse a member from recitations to attend to business of more im- portance. 40

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worked at blacksmithing, and Billy Lawrence said everything was Blue Monday for weeks. Billy P-st-w-te grew melancholy. He was enjoying himself immensely, on the last night, with 1 -- fit will be under- stood that it was a gentlemanj. Wliile in a crowd, watching the small electrical currents grow in the corner, Billy suddenly turned red and black-the reason? There was T - ad- miring the drawings and at the same time conversing very ear- nestly with one of his rivals. Now,I think we all agree that this was -a mean trick, because it caused Billy to utter a great many blessings. He has since said that the money he spent that night for car fare would have kept him in buns and milk for one week. Poor' Billy! VVe know he wished there was a dynamo at hand capable of giving a thousand amperes so that hecould apply the wires to the teeth of his rival, and thereby gently impress him with the idea of securing the services of lVlcG+, the under- taker. There was a decided coolness between two souls that night while on their homeward journey, and ever since Billy has worn a ministerial countenance. 5 ' ARBOR DAY. Y' ON Friday, October Igth, at half-past one o'clock, the hum of machinery and ring of hammer, which are characteristic of our lower floor, suddenly ceased, tools were laid aside, and all hands eagerly adjourned to the more quiet atmosphere of the assembly room. The occasion was Arbor Day, the incident, an address by Professor Henderson, and hence we say that all hands eagerly adjourned, for we had heard Professor Henclerson's pleasant talks before, and felt sure that this would be something of especial interest, which proved to be the case. It has been decided that the usual ceremony of tree plantingshould be re- served for the graduating class next spring, and that an address suited to the occasion should be our memorial of the day. There is one feature of the address that we have puzzled our minds over not a little, namely, how so much Nm could be gotten out of so dry ,a subject as Trees Vlfe were fully prepared for 42